Wednesday, April 25, 2012
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Ted Nugent pleads guilty in hunting case
ANCHORAGE, Alaska
Rocker and gun-rights advocate Ted Nugent pleaded guilty Tuesday to transporting a black bear he illegally killed in Alaska, saying he was sorry for unwittingly violating the law.
With his plea, the singer and avid hunter followed through with a signed agreement he made with federal prosecutors earlier this month.
Magistrate Judge Michael Thompson accepted the deal at a U.S. District Court hearing in Ketchikan. Nugent and his attorney participated by telephone.
According to the document, Nugent illegally shot and killed the bear in May 2009 in Alaska after wounding another bear in a bow hunt. The bow incident counted toward a state seasonal limit of one bear. Nugent and his lawyer, Wayne Anthony Ross, said they didn’t know about that law.
Nugent must pay a $10,000 fine and serve two years’ probation, including a condition that he not hunt or fish in Alaska or on U.S. Forest Service properties for a year.
Levon Helm memorial set at Woodstock home
WOODSTOCK, N.Y.
Levon Helm’s friends and fans have been invited to a memorial at the home where the late drummer and singer for The Band staged his “Midnight Ramble” barn concerts in New York’s Hudson Valley.
Helm’s family says parking will be available at locations in Woodstock and there will be shuttle-bus trips to the Woodstock property from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday. A private funeral is set for Friday.
Helm died last Friday at age 71 from complications of cancer.
Helm, Rick Danko, Garth Hudson, Robbie Robertson and Richard Manuel’s first album as The Band was 1968’s “Music From Big Pink.” Songs including “The Weight,” “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down,” and “Up on Cripple Creek” are rock standards.
E!, Kardashians ink deal
NEW YORK
The Kardashian family will continue living life on TV for the next three years.
The E! Entertainment network said Tuesday it reached a deal to make three more seasons of “Keeping Up With the Kardashians.” Terms were not disclosed.
The sixth season of the show averaged 3 million viewers Sunday nights, the cable networks’ top series. Season 7 begins May 20.
Vindicator wire reports